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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Who thought this was a good idea?

Or this?

(Never in my life have I so fervently hoped that a cake was chocolate.)

Or, Aunt Flo help us, this?

"So, when's the party?"

"At the end of the month."

Amy M., Jenna B., & Kim W., URQTs. At least, I like to think that you are. Not in a creepy way, of course, or like I know firsthand because I secretly stalk you or anything...that would just be weird. I mean, look, I'm just trying to give you a friendly compliment, in a completely platonic, non-stalker-esque kind of way, Ok? Ok.As you were.

The first one looks like a wedding cake and you would hope that the bride realized the monogram, tought it was amusing and went for it. Either that or she was completely ignorant of it and the guests had a good laugh!

My dear friend is named Kim and her daughter is Kayla and her son is named Kaden. Kim's mom bought her a necklace with all three of their initials on it for Mother's day. It was lovely, but, alas, Kim had to return it.

I had a friend in high school named Kevin K. who told us that his parents were going to give him the middle name Kyle, but then realized his initials would be KKK (and they're Jewish), so they gave him Oliver instead. Because having "KOK" written on your backpack in middle/high school is oh so much better... (Try saying it aloud.)

That baby cake is pretty sucky..what kind of bottle is that..and what is that next to it...what kind of deformed pacifier is the size of a golf ball and poop brown color...or is it suposed to be something else?

Gee, I don't know...Those baby footprints, buldging out of the cake sides as they are, actually look as if a bunch of captive babies are trying to kick their way out of their fondant prison.Sort of reminiscent of "Sing a Song of Sixpence," which goes like this:Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of steak,Four and twenty babies baked in a cake.When the cake was opened the babes began to wail,Oh wasn't that a dainty dish to prove itself a fail?

The "KKK" cake is cute but I'm torn on the baby footprints. On one hand, they're well done and sweet...on the other hand, it looks like there are alien babies inside the cake trying to muscle their way out.

Maybe it was the decorators fault and the first cake should have read S & B? I'm sorry for the baby if those are really his/her initials. I could see this being the decorators fault, as well, maybe only the baby's first name starts with a K.

My last name starts with a K, so when we were considering baby names for my daughter, we were really carefully not to accidentally spell out anything, or end up with KKK initials. You would think these people realized the implications of their initials at some point before seeing them immortalized in cake....

I have a friend who's initials are now KKK, so I guess it doesn't matter what you name your child they'll mess it up when they get married. LOL! But DH & I thought long and hard about our kid's initials hoping they wouldn't spell anything no matter who she marries.

I am with sendingtheclowns on the baby footprints. Coulda been sweet, but ended up kinda creepy. Reminds me of the old series "V",when the baby lizard thing burst from the woman's stomach. "Happy baby shower, Martha! Hope the kid doesn't do a roundhouse and come flying out your belly button! Let's have some cake!"

After my mom had to endure the tirades of a sister's friend about how much she hated her initials (WAR - great fun during the Korean and Vietnam era, I'm sure), my parents tried to think through our initials very carefully, but they somehow missed that my sister's spells the name of an animal if you do first name - last name - middle name. Still, an animal is far better than an organization known for racial violence. Or even an less than endearing epithet.

Word verification: shilver. Learning there are babiesh out there with KKK namesh shent a shilver up Sean Connery's shpine.

@ Sharon:Break? Who, me? Shirley you jest.Now, coffee--yes, yes, YES--but no blecchhkk coffee for me, thanks. Lots of cream and non-dairy sweetener. Aaaahhhh.Got some brewing right now...care to join me?By the by and FYI, it's actually "sendingtheclowns," not "sendingINtheclowns." It's my take on the song, "Send In The Clowns," from the musical "A Little Night Music." No biggie. Keep the change. >^~-^<

I can remember around 1980 there was a local music group with triplet sisters whose names started with K. They called the band "Triple K". Even at a young age, I knew that wasn't the greatest band name to go with.

I know a JAM and a JAR XDYeah, I'm sincerely hoping that "K" is only the baby's firs initial and the deocrator got carried away with it.I'm wondering whether that "O" on the SOB cake is a poorly done ring as well. Either way, someone dropped the ball on figuring that one out!

Umm, the monogram cakethe way it is written with the capital "O" in the middle means her last name will begin with "O". Her married name (if she takes her husband's name) will be something like Susan Barnes Omstead. Omstead being her husband's last name, Barnes replacing her middle name and Susan being her first name. Her initials will be SBO. On the KKK cake, maybe the mom is having triplets. It happens a lot now days with the wonder of infertility treatments. Many families name all their kids with names that begin with the same initials or sound, Cathy, Carl and Karen. Two families I know matched the last name and the first name in sound and letter for all four of their children. Samantha Smith, Sinclare Smith, Stacy Smith and Stuart Smith. I have no idea what their middle names (if any) were. I found it bad enough that I had to teach the SS.

LOL!!!When we got our kids hamsters, they were eager to name them. My son who was turning five was very proud of his ability to make up words by spelling. So instead of choosing a nice sounding name, he first chose random letters to be put together to form a name. After some experimentation, he came up with S-O-B.

Over the next week or so, he told everyone in school and in the street that he has a hamster and his name in S-O-B.

My Husband and I are Pat and Kris (most spell it Chris anyway). Hi-effing-larious the first anniversary cake we got. Then the next was a good giggle. 10 years later and the comments aren't the funny anymore. Don't get me wrong, I love to see other's light up but a decade of the same joke just isn't that funny anymore.

My son's initials are WMD. He was born in '02 and there were a lot of jokes what a little 'bomb' he was. Followed by "awwwww" after realizing how inappropriate that was at that time.

My sister's last name begins with a S, and she almost gave her first daughter a name that started with B. But then she thought about what it would be like to have the initials B.S., and changed her mind. Thank God.

I honestly went to school with a girl whose name was Kandy K. Klann (I think the middle initial was for Kay, but I'm not positive about that). I always thought her parents were either astoundingly naive, or racists, and in the town were we went to school, either was possible.

Our middle daughter married a delightful fellow with the last initial G. She said all of the boys in the family had the middle name Albert, and they were naming their son Jackson. JAG - not bad. However, they fiddled around with names for their daughter - there aren't many J manes for girls, and then decided to forget the whole make-a-word thing!

BTW, did you add the PMS cake later? I missed it the first time around. Nearly as bad as SOB.

I have a friend that almost ended up KKK, but his parents luckily realized in time and decided to spell Kalvin as Calvin. But most people still think his initials are KKK. And I really feel sorry for the little guy whose initials made it to the cake. I wonder if the decorator realized what he/she was writing at the time?

My son's initials are SHT. We really debated over it for a long time, but we decided to go with the names that honored our family members and the HST variant wouldn't work. He's six now and we have informed our families that he will never, NEVER hand his full monogram on anything. Sorry, kid!

I monogram itemss-- and I am always astounded at some of the monogram requests I receive: Most recently- pMs aSs bUt mAd sAd (twins_ and yUk. I gently recommend that maybe they would want to go with initials instead-- but no one ever does.

So why does everyone assume the KKK cake is made in the USA? In some cultures it wouldn't have the same meaning. Its just like so many people on Twitter getting upset when we in New Zealand were discussing our national rugby team - the All Blacks!

My initials before I was married were KKK. I went to Catholic school and had to wear a uniform; one year for Christmas, I received a monogrammed sweater to wear with said uniform...I only got to wear it once - Sister Kathleen made me take it off, and sent a lovely note home to my parents.

Arthur Seymour Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame) stopped using his middle initial after a friend of his sent him a little drawing of donkeys, saying it reminded him of his dear friend A.S.S.. It happens!

I'm suddenly very grateful to my mother, who made absolutely sure my initials (KAB) didn't spell anything too weird either in order or in a monogram format. My aunt wasn't so lucky. Before she got married her initals were BAR--not bad, until someone gave her a pendant with a formal monogram and they realized it read BRA.

HAHAHA! I almost wet my pants! My new last name begins with an "A," & our wedding colors being black, white & a splash of red, I wanted a giant red "A" on our aisle runner and our cake. Scarlet Letter, anyone? We ended up making our first initials red & the giant "A's" black. :) But man oh man-PMS, SOB?! My ex boyfriend's mother belonged to some club whose initials were "KKK." I saw a flier on their fridge for the next "KKK" meeting!

Ha! This is exactly why my fiance and I are not having anything monogramed! It would be aSs.. nice. I've thought about getting some guest bathroom towels done and see how uncomfortable it makes people.

let's see...in my family there is my cousin is KKW (if she ever gets married, I pray the guy's last name doesn't start with a K); her sister EEW; my grandmother's initials using her first name, maiden name and married name are PMS; my mom's sister is (by birth) WSS, and now that I think about it, it reminds me of wuss; my dad's sister by birth is BMW; and I am NEW. yeah, my manager had fun with that when I started my job. I was literally the "NEW" girl. I also know a girl by the initials SEW, and my mom used to work with a girl who married a guy with the same last name as her first name, so she's now K*K. I have to know what her middle name is!!!

monograms are not one of my favorite things, so they will never be found on anything in my home.

I also wonder what was going through the decorator's head while making that KKK one, IF those are the child's initials. if it was the decorator's fault and they just got "carried away"...ummm...therapist please?

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